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David Slade posted this message on Twitter:
Now making the prints for your cinemas. We are officially one step away from the screen. In celebration here is a pick taken of Ashley during pre production.
So, what do you think of Alice in black and white?
Last night David Slade posted a series of comments on Twitter about what life would be like in the future. From our perspective it’ sort of a rant where Brave New World meets antagonized director microblogging. See for yourself:
“IN THE FUTURE artificial intelligence google apps will tell us whether we are indeed reading real news or just a blog.
IN THE FUTURE ai [Lexion note: we assume ai means artificial intelligence] apps will be grade online journalism for its accuracy, poignancy, grammar and quality of writing.
IN THE FUTURE online ai grading will lead to the demise of blogging and the new rise of quality journalism.
IN THE FUTURE actors will have tiny GPS trackers positioned all over their skin so they can act in performance capture anywhere they want.
IN THE FUTURE there will be no need for actors.
IN THE FUTURE there will be no need for directors.
IN THE FUTURE there will be no need for you or me. But we will still be here.
IN THE FUTURE painting will still be a dead medium, and people will still paint.
IN THE FUTURE our children will be born more intelligent than we could ever be.
IN THE FUTURE
IN THE FUTURE everyone will be happy all of the time.
IN THE FUTURE everyone will lie to each other each and every minute of the day, and everyone will know.
IN THE FUTURE there will be no context for anything, and nothing will be in context.
IN THE FUTURE there will be no shades of grey, just facts.
IN THE FUTURE no one will know anything, and everything will be subjective and all facts will be true, in every sense.
IN THE FUTURE, the future will be out of fashion.
IN THE FUTURE the future will be in fashion, but just for 15 minutes.
I give you THE FUTURE, and goodnight. DS
Over the last week and especially this weekend, rumors have sprung up regarding the reshoots (known as pick up shots) in Vancouver. We’ve seen every kind of speculation. It ranged from “the entire film’s in chaos, they are redoing everything” to “Rob and David were at each others throats over the filming, and Rob walked out after an argument causing a massive delay” and just about every other manipulation of those two items that you can think of.
No doubt in reaction to the myriad of rumors, David Slade (who has previously been notoriously silent on such matters) has commented on his Twitter. This is a very unusual reaction from David Slade who in the midst of other rumor intensive times merely Tweeted out pictures of flowers, fish, and weathered crew members; seemingly immune to it all.
Here is what David Slade had to say, even though it’s an old adage that you can’t be sure of tone of voice on the Internet,we think it’s pretty clear here.
“So strange, I go away for three weeks and return to all these upsetting completely fabricated rumours. Who makes this stuff up as news.
REAL NEWS: last 3 weeks have gone fantastic, pick up shoot felt more like a reunion. Rob, Kristen,Taylor the crew & I gave 110%”
David Slade Tweeted last night in the wee hours of the morning in the UK, “Howard Shore composer and conductor at Abbey Rd Studios with Orchestra. Our sound score recording is complete and there are no words to describe it. The film just got more exciting.” He also included the above picture. Howard Shore is most commonly known as the genius behind the Lord of the Rings score and we’re sure we don’t have to explain the significance of Abbey Road studios!
David Slade Tweeted his reaction to yesterday’s rumors:
“In London overseeing the film score w/Mr Howard Shore and enjoying all the gossip flying around. Onwards to the Eclipse!!”
It reminded us of that old quote from Mae West, “I don’t care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.” Well, David and the movie sure got a lot of PR yesterday on what has been a relatively slow news week.
Last night David Slade Tweeted about this Eclipse trailer spoof.
David Slade is entering the realm of home decorating…no, we aren’t making it up.
“Fans of David Slade, the acclaimed director of cult hits including the psycho-sexual thriller “Hard Candy” and the graphic novel noirish vampire flick “30 Days of Night,” might be shocked to discover that the man has a sweeter side. While working on his third film, “Twilight 3: Eclipse,” the filmmaker has somehow found the time to fill his Fubear Studios website with intriguing illustrations and downright freaky animated films. He also has learned the art of giclee printing. Among his first available works: a quartet of prints starring Scarfdog and Duck, [shown left].”
EW reported a staffing change on the Eclipse behind the scenes team.
“Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the uber-successful Twilight series, confirmed this morning that it has replaced Eclipse editor Art Jones with Nancy Richardson, the editor of Catherine Hardwicke’s original Twilight film. The studio is not placing blame on Jones, who previously worked with Eclipse director David Slade on his horror film 30 Days of Night as well as Slade’s Ellen Page-starrer Hard Candy. They do believe, however, that Slade’s material – which they call “very good” – needed a stronger edit. The studio has more confidence in Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film.”
We checked out Art Jones’ resume on the IMDB. Counting Eclipse, he has worked as an editor on five films in total. Two are short films. Short films generally run no more than thirty minutes and, more often than not, they run under twenty. His full-length film work is limited to movies that David Slade has directed: Hard Candy, and Thirty Days of Night.
We also checked out Nancy Richardson’s resume on the IMDB. Nancy has worked on over 30 productions in movies and TV. She has served as an editor, foley editor (sound specialty), and consultant. She’s worked with Catherine Hardwicke and Greg Nava on multiple projects as well as a variety of other people.
We sat on this story for 24 hours to see if industry insiders like Nikki Finke might weigh in, and so far no other industry insider is commenting. That’s a little unusual if there was some kind of behind the scenes turmoil. Lots of Monday morning quarterbacking going on about this on various fansites ranging from grand conspiracy theory to amicable parting of ways, but industry insiders seem pretty quite. So, take it for what it is, your guess is as good as ours. It’s going to be interesting to see if anything new develops here.
David Slade Tweeted a picture of Xavier Samuel in character as Riley. David said, “In celebration of wrap first Eclipse cast photo Xavier Samuels between set ups as Riley Biers.” Well, looks like we now know what Riley’s last name is, at least in movieverse.
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